CARS (Bassline)
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Words by Gary Numan
Music by Gary Numan
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Christian Olde Wolbers'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=129
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
W H E E E E E E Q
|------------|------||------------------|
|------------|------||o-2-1-------------|
|-(2)--------|------||o-----0-2---2-2---|
|------------|------||------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-2-1------------|-2-1------------|-2-1-------------|
|-----0-2---2-2--|-----0-2---2-2--|-----0-2---2-2---|
|----------------|----------------|---------------4-|
1st 2nd 3rd Verses
$
$$
4/4
E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|----------------||-||------------------|
|------------------|---------------o||-||o-2-1-------------|
|-0---4-0-(0)------|-0---4-0-(0)---o||-||o-----0-2---2-2---|
|---------------4--|----------------||-||------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-2-1------------|-2-1------------|-2-1----------------|
|-----0-2---2-2--|-----0-2---2-2--|-----0-2---2-2------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------4----|
Interlude
E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|-----------------||-||------------------|-----------0---|
|------------------|----------------o||-||o-----2-------0---|-----2-------4-|
|-0---4-0--(0)-----|-0---4-0-(0)--0-o||-||o-------2---4---4-|-------2-------|
|---------------4--|-----------------||-||--0---------------|-1-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/cars_btab_ver_3.html ]
1. 2.
D.S.
D.S.
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S E E E E E E +E E Q
|-----------------|----------------------||--------------------||
|-----2-------0---|-----------------2---o||-------2-(2)--------||
|-------2---4---0-|-------------0h2-----o||---0-2--------------||
|-0---------------|-0-----0---0----------||-0-------------13\--||
4th Verse
4/4
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-2-1------------|-2-1------------|-2-1------------|-2-1-------------|
||o-----0-2---2-2--|-----0-2---2-2--|-----0-2---2-2--|-----0-2---2-2---|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------4-|
E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E
|----------------|----------------||-|
|----------------|---------------o||-|
|-0---4-0-(0)----|-0---4-0-(0)---o||-|
|--------------0-|----------------||-|
Outro
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|
||o-2-1-----------|-2-1-----------|-2-1-----------|
||o-----0-2---2-2-|-----0-2---2-2-|-----0-2---2-2-|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2-1-------------|-----------------|----------------o||
|-----0-2---2-2---|-0---4-0-(0)-----|-0---4-0-(0)----o||
|---------------4-|---------------4-|-----------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
